煞风景 (shā fēng jǐng) — to spoil the fun, to be a wet blanket, to ruin… | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

Verb set phrase meaning 'to spoil the fun / be a buzzkill' — points to whoever or whatever kills the mood, not the mood itself.

verb

to spoil the funto be a wet blanketto ruin the atmosphere

Examples

，煞风景。
Dà jiā dōu zài gāo xìng, nǐ bú yào shā fēng jǐng.
Everyone is happy — don't spoil the fun.
煞风景，。
Tā shuō de lěng xiào huà zhēn shā fēng jǐng, qì fen yí xià jiù lěng le.
His bad joke really killed the mood — the atmosphere got cold instantly.
，煞风景。
Yě cān tū rán xià qǐ yǔ lái, tài shā fēng jǐng le.
It suddenly started raining during the picnic — such a buzzkill.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

风景scenery

风fēngscenery景jǐngscenery

联合Coordinate

煞 means to spoil and 风景 means scenery, together naming something that ruins the view or fun.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

日京景

Meaning part形符xíngfú

日日rìsun

Sound part声符shēngfú

京

京jīng景jǐng

Same sound today

景 has 日 (sun) with 京, which gives its sound; it originally meant sunlight.

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